Deposition of Peeter Scuse

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Peeter Scuse late of Drissane in the said County parish of Glanbarahan barony of Carbry & within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth & saith That on or aboute the 13th of January last & since the begining & by meanes of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt worth 75 li. part consisting in debts due from the vndernamed rebells
Of Cowes one calfe & one horse to the value of nyne pounds Of Corne in the haggard to the value of thirteene pounds He saith that he i s likewise dispossessed of lease of three 17 yeeres yeett to come of part of the said land of drissane the Ring in the said County wherin he is damnified thirtie fiue pounds Of debts amounting to eighteene pounds due from Donogh mc Dermod Magranell of Drissane in the said County gentleman Don mc Donogh o Driscoll of the Ring aforesaid gentleman Donnell mc Donogh of Clan Teige in the said County gentleman Dermod o Cane neere Castlehaven in the said County yeoman Cnogher Bane of the same parish yeoman & diuers others whose names he doth not all r emember his papers & writeings being nowe in England But in regard the said parties are out in actuall rebellion therefor this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to three score and fifteene pounds He saith that he was robbed by Donnell o Donovane of Rahin in the said County gentleman

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& his servants & tenants He further saith that Thomas ffoord Als Tippery of Castlehauen in the County spinster Richard Carpenter of the same fisherman Gabriel Perkins of the same ffisherman Ralph Tomkin of the same yeom{an} Arthure Behena of the same weauer Thomas Powell of the same yeoman & Nathaniel Blight of the same fisherman & a son of Joh{n} Gregory of the same yeoman & a servant of [ ] Thomas Hand c ocke of the same yeo{man} he saith they were all murthered aboute the last of May last by <B> the rebells servants of Donogh Carragh o Drisco{ll} of Inisharky in the said County gentleman & further he deposeth no{t}
Peter Scuse
Jurat coram nobis
28o 7bris 1642
Tristram WhetCombe
Phil: Bisse
Ro: southwell

Peeter Scuse his
examination
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Nu: 23